Once again, I would like to thank the ABA and the criminals and their lawyers…

As I have said before and will say again, it is always an honor just to be nominated.  But, since the ABA’s Blawg list nominations are not generally made public, it is even more exciting to win again — for the fifth year in a row, I believe — a (coveted?) place on the ABA’s list of the best legal blogs. 

This report from the ABA Journal, titled “The 5th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100,” reports the background and the list:

On our 5th birthday, you’ll see some familiar faces at the party: bloggers who’ve been on our list in years past.

But 2011 also brought along a lot of newcomers, and we’re delighted that so many RSVP’d our invitation to nominate their favorites.  We received more than 1,300 Blawg Amici this year, and that made for a hard time narrowing the field to 100 law blogs in 12 categories.

As usual, we couldn’t help mixing things up a bit.  In print, you’ll find the blogs in alphabetical order, color-coded by category. And as always, you can vote for your favorites online through Dec. 30 at ABAJournal.com/blawg100.

Here is how this site gets described:

Sentencing Law and Policy: sentencing.typepad.com

Ohio State law professor Douglas Berman notes congressional hearings, scholarship and general trends related to sentencing, and sometimes handicaps the sentences that can be anticipated by those convicted in high-profile criminal cases. Unlike most criminal law bloggers, he writes with a fairly objective tone.

Speaking fairly objectively I kind of like this description of my writing: “with a fairly objective tone.”  I wonder if all readers would agree.  And, via this ABA page, one can click through to see a bunch of other criminal law blogs making the list that, apparently, write in a fairly subjective tone.